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Equipment and Gear
Home winemakers have a lot of options related to equipment, from different sizes and styles of presses, fermenters, filters, and even corks and bottles. Know your options and then choose the one that fits your needs and budget.
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Wine-wizard
I was thinking of adding oak chips in cheesecloth to a gallon carboy of red Zinfandel for one month; any experience with this?
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Winemaking Gear Guide
When it comes to winemaking gear, home winemakers an impressive range of choices. The following equipment will get you started making wine f
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Build 3 Winemaking Projects
Build a cart to roll your fermenter around easily, a stainless racking cane, and cap plonker.
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Upgrade Your Home Winery
When you start getting more serious about the winemaking hobby and find yourself making more batches a year, you may be in for an equipment
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Building a Cool Cellar
Many options exist for storing wines. But if you do plan for that dream cellar, this guide will help you, too, save headaches and money.
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Build a Filter Clamp: Projects
This DIY clamp allows you to change filter pads more quickly and with less effort, and costs less than $20 to make.
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Technique
Barrel Care Techniques
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Technique
Using Variable-Volume Fermenters
Variable-volume fermenters have a floating-lid that transforms these tanks into variable-capacity containers for fermentation as well as sho
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Wine-wizard
Can I use my copper immersion wort chiller from brewing with my mead or other wines?
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Technique
Choosing a Filtering System
Winemaking is not a science but rather an art. There are many opinions on the pros and cons of the various processes that winemakers use. Th
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Wooden it be Lovely?
Oak barrels bring more to wine than flavor. Learn the ins and outs of oak barrels, from how they are made, how to choose the perfect one for
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Wine-wizard
I picked up two very old glass carboys at a flea market and I don’t know what used to be stored in them. Should I still use them for winemaking?
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Wine-wizard
I just bought my first barrel and opted for a paraffin-lined model. Will this work or do I need charred barrels for wine aging?
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Pressing Matters: Build a Wine Press
Plans to make your own wine press.
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Adding Oak: Tips from the Pros
Winemaker John Fletcher of Hillside Estate Winery in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada offers his thoughts on adding oak to yo
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Build Your Own Garage Wine Cellar
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Build Your Own Crusher
Plans to build your own grape crusher.